A-LevelPsychologyResearch methods9990/22 · May/June 2020 · Q87 Marks

Rachel is correlating two variables: helping behaviour and communication skills.

(a)(i)Suggest one way that Rachel could measure helping behaviour for this study.[2]
(a)(ii)For the way you have suggested in (a)(i): Suggest one advantage and one disadvantage of this way of measuring helping behaviour. Advantage: Disadvantage:[4]
(b)Outline the relationship that Rachel will find if her results indicate a positive correlation.[1]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

[1] Asking to join the front of a lunch queue and see how people react (identify); [1] Score if they let you in or not / score how long it takes them to decide to let you in (operationalisation);
[1] Advantage: It can be easily observed from a distance; [1] So this won't disturb the helpfulness (link); [1] Disadvantage: Difficult to judge reasons for behaviour; [1] e.g. Letting someone into a queue might be because of friendships not helpfulness (link);
[1] As helpfulness increases, communication skills will increase too;

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